American Government Primer
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1. America’s founders had to create the Declaration of Independence and Constitution “out of thin air,” without any precedent or historical basis.
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True
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2. The Preamble is the Constitution’s mission statement.
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True
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3. The purpose of government according to the Preamble of the Constitution, is to:
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Keep People safe
Provide Services for the people
Promote economic development
To secure the blessings of liberty
4.The chief concern of the founders in creating the executive branch was
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To make sure the President was very powerful
To make sure the President didn’t become a king
To make sure the President had emergency powers
To make sure the President could declare war
5. The House of Representatives was intended to represent
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The people in their districts
The interests of the Federal government
The interests of the state as a whole
The businesses in the state
6. The Senate’s role is as originally designed is to
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Represent the interests of their state as a whole
Defend the sovereignty of their state
Answer to their state’s legislators
All of the Above
7. The most powerful tool put in the hands of the House of Representatives was intended to be
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The “power of the purse”
The bully pulpit
Oversight of the press
Control of religion
8. The judiciary when functioning properly will
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Guard the people’s individual liberty
Make laws
Grant rights
Be the de facto monarchy of the land
9. Thomas Jefferson’s greatest fear in government was
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An ever-expanding judiciary
The outlawing of slavery
Losing his presidential power
John Adams
10. True or False The Supremacy Clause says that federal law always trumps state law.
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True
False
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